We have wasps in our room. Like for real. And it's not OK. Two nights ago, I moved my study book to make room for my giant French dictionary, and there was a wasp... RIGHT THERE. On my bed! And it was definitely not OK. In no way, shape, or form should there ever be a wasp on my bed. Thinking the wasp was dead, I did not inform Cara and got a paper towel to clean it up with. After putting the paper towel on the wasp, IT MOVED! It was very much so not dead. So I got our wasp cup (we've had three wasps so there's a special cup to capture them in now), and trapped the wasp under the cup under the paper towel, and then informed Cara that we had a wasp. Then I put my French Dictionary on top.
Cara went out to find ONE person to help us deal with the wasp problem. I expected she would get Leah. About five minutes later Cara comes back with FIVE men to take care of a single, already caught wasp. Blaise went on to squish the wasp and life was suddenly better.
How does this relate to student welfare? Well, last week maintenance came and fixed our window screen so that it actually attached to the window and we would have less wasps. We pay tuition to have people who can come and fix our major problems like wasps.
I will probably make a different post relating to my feelings about student welfare, but for the moment, all I can think about is wasps. Aight.
I think an aspect of student welfare that we never got around to discussing is housing. Could you live independently on what you are paying for room and board? Could you live comfortably on that? One of the reasons students live in dormitories is so that you can focus your energies on school instead of cooking, cleaning and caring for yourself.
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